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    Gang Leader for a Day

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    more so than going there in the first place. I was surprised when I learned that the gang is a benefit to the community. Even though the gang is also a harm to the community by conducting a drug business there‚ the gang members also are in charge of protecting the residents and keeping the place in order since the police doesn’t do anything. It seems to me that the projects would be in a worse situation if the gang wasn’t there helping out. I feel like this is a community among themselves. They seem

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    Clubs vs. Gangs

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    CLUBS vs. GANGS The importance and almost need as a teenager to fit in is a constant struggle that causes emotional scarring‚ and tears but eventually the joy that true friends have to offer. People who share your same interests‚ enjoy your company as you enjoy their’s and the bond that grows to a point where they become almost closer then family. Whether it be found through involvement in school‚ city or church sponsored clubs or sports. These clubs not only lead to the developments of

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    Muscle Strain Overview- Muscle strain‚ also termed as muscle tear and muscle pull is related to the muscle damage and its attached tendons. It occurs when you give excessive pressure on muscles during performing daily life activities like during sports or heavy weight lifting.it can be in the form of tearing of the fibres of your muscles and attaching tendons. In addition to this it also affects small blood vessels which leads to bleeding‚ bruising and pain. Causes- A severe muscle strain occurs

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    GANG LEADER FOR A DAY The story of the young sociologist who studied a Chicago crack-dealing gang from the inside captured the world’s attention when it was first described in Freakonomics. Gang Leader for a Day is the fascinating full story of how Sudhir Venkatesh managed to gain entrance into the gang‚ what he learned‚ and how his method revolutionized the academic establishment. When Venkatesh walked into an abandoned building in one of Chicago’s most notorious housing projects‚ he was looking

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    There are many reasons that gangs form themselves from the readings and the research that I have done I have drawn my own conclusion as to why the individuals involved decide to form an alliance together. Most of these kids come from broken homes‚ and sometimes they do not even have a home; due to dysfunctional contact that are prevalent in most of today’s children and teenage relationships. When a disruption transpires or comes about in these kids lives they are completely perplexed as to how to

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    Timeline of Gangs in America

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    of Gangs in America 06-23-2013 Part 1 Timeline of Gangs in America Gangs started out as a way for people who were socially distinct to come together as a unit; most consisted of people who were of the same ethnic background‚ unfortunately crime was a way for these groups of people to even the odds. One of the first gangs recorded was in 1820 in New York and through time gangs have become most predominant in four areas; New York‚ Chicago‚ Los Angeles and Mexico. Forty Thieves Gang and

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    in estimating that in 2009‚ “there are approximately one million gang members [in the United States]. (“Gangs Timeline.” n.p.). A million is way too high of a number‚ and since researchers made that estimate‚ the number of Americans in gangs has surely grown. The United States is caught in a downward spiral heading towards gangs having complete control of not only the inner cities‚ but the expansion of gangs makes the threat of gang violence in American suburbia a likely part of the future if something

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    can become a gang member. Gang members come from every social class‚ can be of both genders‚ and of most ethnic or religious groups. They can also be found in the most unexpected places. According to The National Gang Center‚ in the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth‚ the racial ethnic differences in the proportion of who joined gangs were not as large as previous research had suggested. About 12 percent of Hispanic and black youth‚ respectively‚ reported having joined a gang by age 17‚ versus

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    Gangs are nothing new to American society‚ what is new and disturbing is the recent spike in juvenile crimes with reported ties to certain gangs. Youth gangs have been prevalent in schools in large cities since the 1970 ’s. However‚ they have become even more prevalent in schools in the recent past. In the student survey component of the 1995 National Crime Victimization Survey‚ more than one third (37%) of the students reported gangs at their schools and the percentage of students reporting the

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    10 October. 2012 Causes of Gang Involvement Today‚ gangs in America cause a huge problem. Are there any positives for having a gang in the community? Does anything good come out of having a gang in the area? The answer to all of these questions is no. Gang involvement directly affects neighborhoods and has negative effects on communities. One of the first reasons a person joins a gang is because of economic despair or deprivation in the area they live in. Gangs form as a way for their group

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